Intro to environmental Science Chapter 1

Name three human activities that negatively affect the environment.

"If I don't use this resource, someone else will."

Earth's modern commons

Which of the following is a developing nation?

May be used to determine how much to spend on pollution control/cleanup

Diverse individual economies

During the agricultural revolution

Energy from the sun.

An ecological footprint is the

An ecological footprint is the

Helps determine a product's worth

Hardin’s “Tragedy of the Commons” essay addresses the conflicts associated with?

May be broken down by natural processes

Human needs may be met indefinitely

According to the law of supply & demand if the supply of oil decline & demand remained the same

A resident of _____ is likely to leave the largest ecological footprint.

Which one was NOT a direct result of the Industrial Revolution?

Protecting shared resources

Name two factors or measures that are used to compare developing and developed countries.

Number and variety of species that live in an area

Why is the world's loss of biodiversity a source of concern?

Which period of human history was first?

Population growth in the 20th century accelerated which environmental stress(es)?

A society achieves___when people maintain a high standard of living without using up resources.

Examples mercury, lead, and some plastics

A sustainable world would be characterized by the

Earth as a 'closed system'